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    mark henley
    Member

    @flash582

    What type of hat do you Quilt users wear to bed?

    #1405519
    Thomas Knighton
    Member

    @tomcat1066

    Locale: Southwest GA

    I use a fleece cap, but I haven't really needed to go down to low with my set up either.

    Tom

    #1405520
    P. P.
    Member

    @toesnorth

    Locale: PNW

    Cool weather, a fleece hat that covers my ears.
    A littler cooler to cold, a fleece balaclava.
    A little colder to downright brrrr, a down hat or combination with fleece balaclava. (My nose gets cold easily)

    #1405522
    Roger B
    BPL Member

    @rogerb

    Locale: Denmark

    Possum Down Hat for cold weather

    Nunatak Down Balaclava for really cold weather

    #1405530
    Adam Rothermich
    BPL Member

    @aroth87

    Locale: Missouri Ozarks

    I've used my quilt to about the freezing point and used a fleece hat when I did. All my other trips have just been cool weather and I've worn a wool beanie then.

    Adam

    #1405533
    Jason Shaffer
    Member

    @pa_jay

    Locale: on the move....

    Temps above freezing: possumdown hat and/or a powerstretch balaclava (3 oz for both).

    Below freezing: I swap my cocoon pullover for the cocoon hoody, usually bringing the hat and balaclava along too.

    #1405536
    Vick Hines
    Member

    @vickrhines

    Locale: Central Texas

    fleece helmet liner and balaclava worked fine down to about 10F.

    #1405540
    Mark Verber
    BPL Member

    @verber

    Locale: San Francisco Bay Area

    down to near freezing I normally use a polarbuff made into a watch cap though I have used a fleece cap as well. In colder conditions either an old GoLite Snow Cap or a down Balaclava made by Down Works of Santa Cruz.

    #1405549
    Robert Merrick
    Member

    @flyfisherman

    cocoon balaclava.

    #1405580
    Doug Johnson
    BPL Member

    @djohnson

    Locale: Pacific Northwest

    Above 45 I use the hood of my Cocoon hoody and sometimes layer with a light fleece cap.

    Below that, I use a Cocoon balaclava with my hoody.

    REALLY cold and I'm usually using a hooded bag.

    #1405592
    Jeremy Cleaveland
    BPL Member

    @jeremy11

    Locale: Exploring San Juan talus

    primaloft hood

    but only if its cold out. And I wear a hat too.

    #1409156
    Aaron Sorensen
    BPL Member

    @awsorensen

    Locale: South of Forester Pass

    Headgear, who needs it.
    That's why you make your own quilt that already has a head enclosure.

    #1409157
    Greyson Howard
    Member

    @greyhound

    Locale: Sierra Nevada

    On the colder nights of my trips I had the hood of my synthetic jacket (REI Gossamer), a synthetic beanie, and a buff over my face.
    I'm a big fan of hooded jackets with quilts, great combo.

    #1409174
    Inaki Diaz de Etura
    BPL Member

    @inaki-1

    Locale: Iberia highlands

    two relevant things about night-time headwear for quilt users:

    – try to re-use what you already have anyway.

    – be able to create a non-interrupted layer of insulation around head and neck, like a balaclava does, with the option of covering mouth and nose too.

    A balaclava is perfect but no so versatile during the day. For not too cold temps, I usually take a fleece cap and a buff. For colder weather, I add a powerstretch balaclava or, colder yet, a polarguard or down one.

    #1409177
    todd
    BPL Member

    @funnymo

    Locale: SE USA

    I just received my JRB down hood – all their acccessories are on sale!!!

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